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Terpsichorean

I have danced
Through sunsets
And moonbeams
Twirling between
And among
Dust motes and stars
I have danced on clouds
So soft
You’d think I’d fall through –
But I have not
I have danced upon
The rocks
Above the roaring sea
And out across the plains
While earthbound battles
Raged below
I have danced over the fate
Of civilization and humanity
In the courts of great –
And lesser –
Kings
I have danced in the temples
Of Apollo and Athena and Artemis
Between starkly white pillars
And under the domes
Of the great, painted chapels
I have danced through earthen huts
And down the streets
Of your grandest cities
I have danced in the forest
With the animals of purest heart
Between raindrops and the wind
In sun and in the coldest ice and snow
I have danced
Since before time began
And I will dance
Long after
The final timekeeper
Has disappeared.

Paper and Salt attempts to recreate and reinterpret dishes that iconic authors discuss in their letters, diaries and fiction. Part food and recipe blog, part historical discussion, part literary fangirl-ing.